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94.3 the Wolf Country That'll Make You Howl!
Tim McGraw - Red Ragtop
One of my favorites 😍
Nathan J.
Keith Whitley - When You Say Nothing At All
To the one that change everything. She knows who she is. Looking forward to the rest of our lives together.
Judith Miller
Montgomery Gentry - What Do Ya Think About That
For all of us out in the country! Thank God we don't have neighbors.
The City of Elizabethtown is making an effort Friday to support families impacted by the government shutdown.
The city, in partnership with Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland, is hosting a food giveaway at the Pritchard Community Center.
Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory said during Monday’s city council meeting that the city is preparing enough boxes for 1,000 households.
“This body has pledged $50,000 to purchase food for Feeding America, and we’ll do it in three different installments,” Gregory said. “The first one will be this coming Friday, and then hopefully the next two Fridays after that at different locations in town, which will be announced.”
The giveaway will begin at noon, with food distributed until it runs out.
“We encourage anybody that’s struggling, or especially since we’re having the shutdown, the government shutdown, and people are losing some of their benefits, we’re going to try to compensate for that a little bit and see if we can hand out some food each Friday for the next three weeks,” Gregory said.
Council Member Julia Springsteen said more than 5,000 households in Hardin County are dependent on SNAP benefits.
“The announcement today was that they’ll only get partial funding for SNAP this month, so they’re already struggling,” Springsteen said. “They’re going to struggle a little bit more, in addition to the government workers who are going to pay, so hopefully this will help a few people in addition to the other efforts going on in the community.”
The city says no identification is needed. Residents in need can simply drive through the Pritchard Community Center parking lot beginning at noon and city employees will load the boxes into their cars.
Community members are invited to an evening of food, fellowship, and community spirit at the free Community “Stone Soup” Spaghetti Dinner, to be held Saturday, November 15 at 4 p.m. at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College. The event is the product of several area businesses and individuals looking to support area residents struggling. Little Charlie’s Pizza owner Charlie Messina says one of his employees got the ball rolling. “One of […]
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